Petition #20584103

• Leon County, Florida. filing started February 6, 1841.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the Honorable Alfred Balch Judge of the Superior Court of the Middle District of Florida sitting in chancery

Abstract

James Trotti asks that Ephraim Ponder be enjoined from further action against him with regards to his note for the purchase of the slave Clinton. Trotti explains that he bought two slaves, Henry and Clinton, from Ponder for $2500. Trotti charges that Clinton was of an unsound mind and body, often suffering fits of an "aggravated character" that rendered him a liability. Trotti asks that Ponder "be decreed to credit thereon the price of said Clinton."

• Number of petition pages: 5
• Related documents: Advertisement, Leigh Read, 6 February 1841; Depositions, Tristam Covington, William W. Trotti, Lawrence Trotti, Kenneth Bembry, 22 February 1841
• Pages of related documents: 3

4 people are documented within petition 20584103

• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Florida State Archives, Tallahassee, Florida

• Chancery Case Files
• Record group: Series L60
• Folder: 1326

Subjects

• Diseases (physical)
• Warranty (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)